NTPA Major Productions: Experience

For almost thirty years, NTPA students have gained from the profound impact of working on and off the stage, and the incredible learning opportunity that comes from that experience.

The North Texas Performing Arts is the largest youth theatre organization in the country offering NTPA Academy students the benefit of the experience that can be gain from participation in a wide selection of incredible program diversity, options and style. In the coming year, NTPA will be producing over 150 major productions in five major-production theatre troupes in four cities, ranging from youth performances to professional repertory productions. Most of these productions will qualify for completion of Conservatory experiential requirements (consult your curriculum advisor).

Requirements

All NTPA Conservatory certifications include two “experiential” requirements:

NTPA Internship

Depending on the certification, a student will be given the opportunity to participate in a minimum number of hours as an intern in two or more approved North Texas Performing Arts productions. This internship allows a student a “hands-on” opportunity to participate in a “live” activity and may include assistant-directing, choreography, music, lights, sound, set-design-build and costumes and other exciting “backstage” roles.

NTPA Performance Experience

The certification area will dictate the minimum number and type of productions required to fulfill this requirement. To qualify for completion of certification requirements, the specific role and production must be approved in advance by Academy faculty.

Productions

Students in the Musical Theatre Conservatory will have the opportunity to participate in Broadway favorites like “Newsies”, “Chicago”, “Rent”, “Guys & Dolls” and more in front of live audiences. With the vast variety of productions available, a student can rapidly expand their skill portfolio and engage in music, dance, vocal and dramatic opportunities, all directed by professional actors and directors. Most shows also feature a trained choreographer and musical director providing experiential opportunities to learn and experiment.

Acting Theatre Conservatory participants can get into the depths of dramatic roles from Shakespeare to the Greek classics, to Arthur Miller, Edward Albee and more. They will have the opportunity to experience dramatic classics to modern comedies, all within the safe confines of the North Texas Performing Arts and with multiple performances to live audiences to hone their craft.

With so many NTPA productions, students in the Technical Theatre Conservatory have an abundance of opportunities to work under technical professionals to hone their skills and work their craft. In addition to onstage roles where they can gain the actor’s perspective, the Tech Theatre students can take on off-stage internships where they might create the lighting, sound, set or costume design for an entire show! NTPA Conservatory students are also given first priority for show internship opportunities.